The 7th Tokyo Global Dialogue

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Outline

Theme: “Steering the Global Order in Turbulent Times: Division, Competition, Cooperation”

As JIIA’s "Strategic Outlook 2026"states the world in 2026 remains in a period of heightened uncertainty. Conflicts in Ukraine and the Middle East show no clear path toward resolution, while tensions among major powers continue to shape regional dynamics. Developments in the United States add further unpredictability to the global strategic landscape, and hybrid challenges have become more prominent.

Against this backdrop, countries are reassessing their national resilience and the frameworks through which they cooperate with partners. For Japan, the year also marks the 10th anniversary of the Free and Open Indo-Pacific vision and ongoing revisions to its key national security documents, making this Dialogue a timely opportunity to reflect on strategic direction and regional and international cooperation.

*Program is subject to change.

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ProgramAs of Jul.01.2026

【Speakers and Moderators: in alphabetical order 】

7/15 Wed
7/16 Thu

7/15 Wed

13:00-13:10	Opening Remarks by JIIA President Kenichiro SasaeDetail Kenichiro Sasae President, JIIA / Former Ambassador of Japan to the U.S.

13:10-14:50	Session 1 “Strategic Choices for an Uncertain Era”Detail 【Moderator】 Kenichiro Sasae President, JIIA / Former Ambassador of Japan to the U.S. 【Speakers】 Annegret Kramp-Karrenbauer Chair, Konrad Adenauer Foundation (KAS) / Former Minister of Defense, Federal Republic of Germany Sungnam Lim Global Advisor, BAE, KIM & LEE LLC / Former First Vice Minister of Foreign Affairs, Republic of Korea C. Raja Mohan Senior Fellow, Asia Society Policy Institute (ASPI) / Founding Director, Carnegie India Masataka Okano Former National Security Advisor to the Cabinet and Secretary General of National Security Secretariat, Japan Andrew Shearer Ambassador-designate of Australia to Japan / Former Director-General, Office of National Intelligence, Australia Shen Dingl Director, Center for American Studies, Grandview Institution / Professor and former Executive Dean Institute of International Studies, Fudan University, China Robert Wilkie Chair, American Security, America First Policy Institute (AFPI) / Former Secretary for Veteran Affairs / Former Under Secretary of Defense

13:10-14:50

Session 1 “Strategic Choices for an Uncertain Era”Detail

【Moderator】

Kenichiro Sasae President, JIIA / Former Ambassador of Japan to the U.S.

【Speakers】

Annegret Kramp-Karrenbauer Chair, Konrad Adenauer Foundation (KAS) / Former Minister of Defense, Federal Republic of Germany

Sungnam Lim Global Advisor, BAE, KIM & LEE LLC / Former First Vice Minister of Foreign Affairs, Republic of Korea

C. Raja Mohan Senior Fellow, Asia Society Policy Institute (ASPI) / Founding Director, Carnegie India

Masataka Okano Former National Security Advisor to the Cabinet and Secretary General of National Security Secretariat, Japan

Andrew Shearer Ambassador-designate of Australia to Japan / Former Director-General, Office of National Intelligence, Australia

Shen Dingl Director, Center for American Studies, Grandview Institution / Professor and former Executive Dean Institute of International Studies, Fudan University, China

Robert Wilkie Chair, American Security, America First Policy Institute (AFPI) / Former Secretary for Veteran Affairs / Former Under Secretary of Defense

15:00-16:30	Session 2 ”Advancing Cross-Theater Cooperation in the Age of Strategic Flux”Detail 【Moderator】 Takako Hikotani Professor, Center for Global Education, The University of Tokyo 【Speakers】 Justin Bassi Executive Director, Australian Strategic Policy Institute Chan Heng Chee Ambassador at Large, Ministry of Foreign Affairs / Former Ambassador of Singapore to the United States Satoru Mori Professor, Keio University Luis Simón Director, Center for Security, Diplomacy and Strategy (CSDS), Vrije Universiteit Brussel / Director of the Brussels office of the Elcano Royal Institute

15:00-16:30

Session 2 ”Advancing Cross-Theater Cooperation in the Age of Strategic Flux”Detail

【Moderator】

Takako Hikotani Professor, Center for Global Education, The University of Tokyo

【Speakers】

Justin Bassi Executive Director, Australian Strategic Policy Institute

Chan Heng Chee Ambassador at Large, Ministry of Foreign Affairs / Former Ambassador of Singapore to the United States

Satoru Mori Professor, Keio University

Luis Simón Director, Center for Security, Diplomacy and Strategy (CSDS), Vrije Universiteit Brussel / Director of the Brussels office of the Elcano Royal Institute

16:40-18:10	Session 3 “Reframing Economic Statecraft: National Strategy for Economic Power and Order”Detail 【Moderator】 Kaori Iida Senior Commentator, Japan Broadcasting Corporation (NHK) 【Speakers】 Tobias Gehrke Senior Policy Fellow-European Power, European Council on Foreign Relations (ECFR) Alexander B. Gray Senior Fellow, American Foreign Policy Council (AFPC) / Former Chief of Staff, National Security Council, United States Hyun Chul Kim Professor, Seoul National University Naoko Munakata Project Professor, Graduate School of Public Policy, The University of Tokyo / Former Commissioner, Japan Patent Office

16:40-18:10

Session 3 “Reframing Economic Statecraft: National Strategy for Economic Power and Order”Detail

【Moderator】

Kaori Iida Senior Commentator, Japan Broadcasting Corporation (NHK)

【Speakers】

Tobias Gehrke Senior Policy Fellow-European Power, European Council on Foreign Relations (ECFR)

Alexander B. Gray Senior Fellow, American Foreign Policy Council (AFPC) / Former Chief of Staff, National Security Council, United States

Hyun Chul Kim Professor, Seoul National University

Naoko Munakata Project Professor, Graduate School of Public Policy, The University of Tokyo / Former Commissioner, Japan Patent Office

18:30	(TBC)Detail

7/16 Thu

9:00-9:15	Special AddressDetail Takayuki Kobayashi Chair of the Policy Research Council, Liberal Democratic Party (LDP)

9:30-11:00	Session 4 “In Pursuit of Japan’s Grand Design in Turbulent Times”Detail 【Moderator】 Masafumi Ishii Managing Director, JIIA Platform / Former Ambassador of Japan to Indonesia / Former Japanese Government Representative to NATO 【Speakers】 Aya Igarashi Vice Chair of Editorial Board, The Yomiuri Shimbun Akihisa Shiozaki Member of the House of Representatives, The Vice Chairman of LDP's Diet Affairs Committee Leo Lewis Tokyo Bureau Chief, Financial Times Ramon M. Lopez Governing Board Chair, Economic Research Institute for ASEAN and East Asia (ERIA) / Former Secretary of the Philippine Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) Kazuyoshi Umemoto Managing Director, JIIA Platform / Former President, The Japan Foundation / Former TPP Chief Negotiator, Japan

9:30-11:00

Session 4 “In Pursuit of Japan’s Grand Design in Turbulent Times”Detail

【Moderator】

Masafumi Ishii Managing Director, JIIA Platform / Former Ambassador of Japan to Indonesia / Former Japanese Government Representative to NATO

【Speakers】

Aya Igarashi Vice Chair of Editorial Board, The Yomiuri Shimbun

Akihisa Shiozaki Member of the House of Representatives, The Vice Chairman of LDP's Diet Affairs Committee

Leo Lewis Tokyo Bureau Chief, Financial Times

Ramon M. Lopez Governing Board Chair, Economic Research Institute for ASEAN and East Asia (ERIA) / Former Secretary of the Philippine Department of Trade and Industry (DTI)

Kazuyoshi Umemoto Managing Director, JIIA Platform / Former President, The Japan Foundation / Former TPP Chief Negotiator, Japan

11:00-12:30	Session 5 “FOIP at its 10th Anniversary: Charting the Next Decade of a Free and Open Indo-Pacific”Detail 【Moderator】 Takio Yamada Executive Director, JIIA Center for Global Outreach / Ambassador for AZEC 【Speakers】 Michael J. Green Chief Executive Officer, United States Studies Centre (USSC), University of Sydney / Former Senior Director for Asia, National Security Keiichi Ichikawa Secretary General of National Security Secretariat C. Raja Mohan Senior Fellow, Asia Society Policy Institute (ASPI) / Founding Director, Carnegie India Hassan Wirajuda Former Minister of Foreign Affairs, Republic of Indonesia / Chairman, Study Centre on Indonesian Nationhood (PSKI)

11:00-12:30

Session 5 “FOIP at its 10th Anniversary: Charting the Next Decade of a Free and Open Indo-Pacific”Detail

【Moderator】

Takio Yamada Executive Director, JIIA Center for Global Outreach / Ambassador for AZEC

【Speakers】

Michael J. Green Chief Executive Officer, United States Studies Centre (USSC), University of Sydney / Former Senior Director for Asia, National Security

Keiichi Ichikawa Secretary General of National Security Secretariat

C. Raja Mohan Senior Fellow, Asia Society Policy Institute (ASPI) / Founding Director, Carnegie India

Hassan Wirajuda Former Minister of Foreign Affairs, Republic of Indonesia / Chairman, Study Centre on Indonesian Nationhood (PSKI)

14:30-16:00	Session 6 “The United State in Transition: Choices for Japan and the World”Detail 【Moderator】 Kaoru Iokibe Professor, The University of Tokyo 【Speakers】 Bill Emmott Former Chair, International Institute for Strategic Studies (IISS) / Former Editor-in-Chief, The Economist Naoko Eto Professor, Gakushuin University Fumiaki Kubo Professor Emeritus, The University of Tokyo / Former President, National Defense Academy of Japan Kenneth R. Weinstein Japan Chair, Hudson Institute / Former President and CEO, Hudson Institute

14:30-16:00

Session 6 “The United State in Transition: Choices for Japan and the World”Detail

【Moderator】

Kaoru Iokibe Professor, The University of Tokyo

【Speakers】

Bill Emmott Former Chair, International Institute for Strategic Studies (IISS) / Former Editor-in-Chief, The Economist

Naoko Eto Professor, Gakushuin University

Fumiaki Kubo Professor Emeritus, The University of Tokyo / Former President, National Defense Academy of Japan

Kenneth R. Weinstein Japan Chair, Hudson Institute / Former President and CEO, Hudson Institute

16:00-16:15	Closing SessionDetail

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